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   <h3>General Use</h3>
   This is a very simple time tracking application. 
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      <li>Add your task and clients by clicking "Add Task"  </li>
      <li>Click that task in the grid to start tracking time against it</li>
      <li>After 8 hours have accrued, I suggest leaving work and going home</li>
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   <h3>Feature List</h3>
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  	  <li>Idle time tracking - when you go idle you are asked what to do with the time when you return
   	  <li>From the main window, use the + and - key to add and subtract time from the current task
   	  <li>To edit the number of minutes on a task, simply select the task and start typing
   	  <li>Hold Shift and press + or - to add/remove minutes from a task in larger quantities
      <li><a href="#MySQL_Database_Support">MySQL Database Support</a></li>
      <li>Many localizations available, including <img src="http://www.hamletdarcy.com/timetool/flag_us.gif"> US English, 
         <img src="http://www.hamletdarcy.com/timetool/flag_de.gif"> German, 
         <img src="http://www.hamletdarcy.com/timetool/flag_fr.gif"> French, 
         <img src="http://www.hamletdarcy.com/timetool/flag_nl.gif"> Dutch, and 
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      <li>Export to CSV. Export options are available under File->Options</li>
      <li>Tracks time when application is closed - Just click a task, turn off your machine, and come back later.</li>
      <li>Tracks time across time zones</li>
      <li>Minimizes to tray - Hover over the tray icon to quickly see your total hours and the hours spent on the current task.</li>
      <li>Sortable Columns (woot!)</li>
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   <h4><a name="MySQL_Database_Support">MySQL Database Support</a></h4>
<p>TimeTool allows you to pull task and description lists from a MySQL database.
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	 		<li>Open the Options screen</li>
	 		<li>Select the MySQL Tab (shown at right)</li>
	 		<li>Do not change the JDBC driver entry. MySQL is the only tested database at this time.</li>
	 		<li>Change the Database URL to be location of your database. The format for the url is "jdbc:mysql://servername/databasename"</li>
	 		<li>Enter the database user name in the User Name field. </li>
	 		<li>Enter the database password in the password field. Warning: this is stored as plain text on disk. </li>
	 		<li>Alter the SQL to return a query from your database with the following columns: 
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	 				<li>task_id</li>
	 				<li>task_name</li>
	 				<li>description_id</li>
	 				<li>description_text</li>
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	 		<li>Check the enabled checkbox</li>
	 		<li>Click OK</li>
	 		
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Once configured, the add task dialog will contain two <br>
drop down lists instead of free form text entry. 
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<img src="MySQLAddTask.GIF" alt="Add Task">
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